Wash-board holder



1 (No Model,) H. M. WINES.

' WASH BOARD HOLDER. No. 327,747. Patented Oct. 6, 1885,

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j ,7 ATTDRNEYS" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MONROE WINES, OF CENTRE MORIOHES, NEV YORK.

WASH-BOARD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,747, dated October6, 1885 Application filed June 11, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MONROE WINEs, of Centre Moriches, in thecounty of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved VVash-Board Holder, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a wash-tub, showing a sideelevation of a washboard and of one of my improved wash-board holders.Fig. 2 is a plan View of a washtub, a wash-board, and my improvedwash-board holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a lug and aside elevation of a part of a hook of my improved holder. Fig. 4 is abottom view of a lug; and Figs. 5 and 6 are a front and a side elevationof one of the hooks, shown full size.

The object of this invention is to provide holders for securingwash'boards in washtubs while being used, and which shall be soconstructed as to hold the said wash-boards securely in place whileallowing them to be easily and quickly placed in and removed from thetubs.

The invention consists in the combination of socket-lugs andlocking-hooks with the wash-tub and wash-board, as will be hereinterfully described and then claimed.

A represents an ordinary wash-tub, and B an ordinary wash-board. To thebottom of the tub A, near one side, are attached lugs G, which haveflaring recesses D in their inner sides to guide the hooks E into place,and

upward projections upon their middle parts recessed in the lower side toform sockets F to receive and engage with the said hooks E. The shanksof the hooks E are secured to the lower sides of the side bars of thewash-board Serial No. 168,414. (No model.)

B by screws or other suitable means. The lugs O and hooks E aregalvanized to prevent them from rusting and thus staining the clothes.

In using the improvement the wash-board B 1s inserted in a verticalposition in the tub A, with the hooks E near the recessed inner sides ofthe lugs C, and is then moved outward until the said hooks E enter thesockets F, when the upper end of the said wash-board B is lowered untilits side bars rest upon the upper edge of the said washtub A, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

With this construction the wash-board will be held securely in placewhile being used, and will be prevented from jumping up and bruis- Ingor injuring the person using the said wash-board.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a wash-tub, A, and awash-board, B, of the lugs 0, attached to the bottom of the saidwash-tub, and having side recesses, D, and raised sockets F, and

the hooks E, attached to the side bars of the said wash-board, andengaging with the said sock et-lu gs, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, whereby the said wash-board will be held securely in placewhile being used, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a wash-tub and a wash-board placed therein, ofthe socketed lugs C, secured in said tub, and the hooks E, attached onthe side bars of the wash-board, substantially as described, whereby,when the said hooks are engaged with the said lugs, the wash-board willbeheld in place, as set forth.

HENRY MONROE wINEs.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. WINEs, ALFRED K. CHIOIIEsTEE.

